Air-vegetation partitioning of polychlorinated biphenyls near a point source

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3153-3158

  Poon, Clement ^a   Gregory Eaves, Irene ^a,b   Connell, Lee Anne ^a   Guillore, Gaelle ^a   Mayer, Paul M ^a   Ridal, Jeff ^c   Blais, Jules M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c St Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Incinerator; Partitioning; Polychlorinated biphenyl; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPOSITION; VEGETATION; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTE TREATMENT;

AIR-VEGETATION; BIOACCUMULATION; LOW-YIELD INCINERATOR; PARTITIONING;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

AROCLOR; OCTANOL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; INCINERATION; PCB; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; VEGETATION;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; AUTUMN; BIOACCUMULATION; CANADA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HISTOGRAM; INCINERATION; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SPRING; VEGETATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HAZARDOUS WASTE; INCINERATION; KINETICS; OCTANOLS; PLANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; VOLATILIZATION;

ACACIA KOA;

EID: 28444493697     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-395R.1     Document Type: Article

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